Aroma: This whisky has a marshmallow sweetness, which is counterpointed with a chimney smoke. Imagine eating Tunnocks Tea Cake whilst emptying day old ashes from a log burner. Call it salty or seaweedy, but there is something maritime about this whisky too. Taste: Delicate, sweet and … Continued
I’ve become accustomed to lovely whisky from Paul John, so it was no surprise to me that this was a strong offering. The two surprising elements to this dram were the cost (which is extremely reasonable given it comes all the … Continued
While writing one of last week’s reviews, we realised just how lucky we are with the shops that are local to us in our home town of Bristol. Last week we mentioned one of these, the brilliant Arkwrights in HIghworth … Continued
When you start drinking whisky, you are desperate to try new drams and to find ones that are both of good value and ones that you can get from the supermarkets that you frequent on an all too frequent basis. … Continued
Continuing on the theme of supermarket whiskies, tonight I’m drinking a Talisker Storm. This has long intrigued me as I’ve continually seen it in supermarkets for at least £10 below the price of its bigger brother, the Talisker 10. So … Continued
Some things just don’t work. Take sofa beds for example. Nobody has ever had a great nights sleep on the tiny, foldable mattress that a sofa bed provides (or certainly not without the help of a few drams). Concurrently no … Continued
We might have said this before, but whisky is one of those amazing things in life that can be both hated and loved by different people all at the same time. Here at The Real Dram we are big fans … Continued
I love a peated Islay whisky, they are the drams that drew me into this obsession in the first place and they are the ones that continue to fuel the fire of it too. If you like a peaty whisky, … Continued
This was the second dram that I sampled on the evening with my “Whisky Godfathers”. I picked it up from Corks of Cotham earlier in the week and kept the little bottle aside waiting for the evening together to drink … Continued
When you start drinking whisky, there are some bottles that almost cry out to be drunk. They are the recommendations that you always hear from people, they come up in conversation and they are the whiskies that you read about. … Continued